CATHERINE JACOBS VISUAL ARTIST
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The work is influenced by a parallel career as a Chartered Research Psychologist, working with our patterns of relating. 

2026
Secure bonds: the intersection of art, attachment and environmental challenges, Book Chapter in Attachment, Climate Crisis and the Natural World, The John Bowlby Memorial Conference Monograph, 2024 Routledge, Edited by Linda Cundy (forthcoming August 2026) - publication
Brison's Veor,  Cornwall - residency 
2025
Shifting Horizons and Changing Contexts, Stow Brothers, London E8, Joint show with Marcia Teusink
2024
Strands, Downstairs at the 
Department Store, London,  SW9,  curated by Lee Evenson, Jill Desborough & Rebecca Tucker
Bridge24,  Downstairs at the Department Store,  London, SW9. Year long  collaboration ArtCan artists with Swedish artists from the ÖSKG group curated by Pernilla Iggstrom & Christel Lundberg 
Tavistock Open,  Tavistock Centre, London, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust
Tea & Friendship,  Space Studios, curated by Alice Mary Jelaska 
Transparent as a Dragonfly, Bermondsey Project Space, London curated by Lesley Bunch & Rita Carta Manias
International Women's Day Auction, Art on a Postcard, selected by Jo MaLaughlin 
2023
London Group Open, Copeland Gallery, London 
Transparent as a Dragonfly, Arteborgo gallery Rome, Italy. 
Bridge23 collaboration exhibition, Tjönedala Konsthallm, East Skåne, Sweden. Artcan artists with ÖSKG group Swedish artists 
Space, Tebbs gallery (online)
Alchemical, gallery 475, London; curated by Catherine Sweet
19th Julia Margaret Cameron award exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
Honourable Mentions Cityscape & Fine Art Categories, 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers 
WerkHaus Issue 4, Wild Things, WorkHorse Collective – publication  
2022
What a Waste?, collective climate emergency works, curated by Jarelle Andre Francis, the Koppel project, London
Abridged Magazine, The Violet Hour – publication  
Fraction Magazine, 14th anniversary issue 157 – publication  
2021
A Playful Turn, Espacio gallery, curated by Degrees of Freedom, London
Distanced Domestic, Old Dairy, London; curated by Co-curation, London
Something From Nothing, Kato Wong gallery, online. 
2020
Lim(i)nal, online drawing exhibition, Alastair Maclennan archive.
In suspension, Take/Make photo fringe online - solo
2016
Intertidal, Group Exhibition, Whitstable Bienalle Satellite; curated by Catherine Jacobs, Fiona Fouhy & Marcia Teusink
2014
Epsy Photographic Award Exhibition, Elysium Gallery, Swansea; judged by Richard Billingham & Iain Davies
Transformations,  A two-day Multi-Disciplinary Event, London; curated by Fiona Fouhy.
2013
Adrian Henri Poetry In Art Prize & Exhibition; in collaboration with poet & child psychotherapist Elaine Randell, selected by Carol Ann Duffy 
A Matter Of Substance, APT Gallery, London; curated by Elizabeth Murton & Caroline Lambard
Zeitgeist Arts Project Open, London; selected by Susan Collis, Graham Crowley, Rosalind Davis & Annabel Tilley
Showcase, Clapham Picture House, London; curated by Clapham Art Gallery – solo 
2012
Love In A Cold Climate, Occupy My Time Gallery, Deptford, London; curated by Sue Cohen
Austerity Matters, Norwich Arts Centre, Norfolk 
Desire, Portman Gallery (online); curated by James Robinson 
2011 
Rural Idyll Residency & Exhibition, on a working sheep farm in Suffolk; curated by Ruth Richmond & Jax Horswill - 
residency 
2009
New Blood Art Group Show, London; curated by Sarah Ryan 
2007
Small Is Beautiful, Flower’s Gallery (Flower’s East), London 
Photo-London, Zebra Projects, London; curated by Dominic du Ploy
Picture This WarChild Charity Auction Exhibition, Cobalt Fine Art, Oxo Tower, London; Curated By Claire Burke
Here & Now, Photography competition winner, Allied Irish Banks 
2006
View Finder, Artist-in-Residence for Barking, Havering & Redbridge NHS Trust. Landscape Photography year-long hospital arts participatory project collaborating with patients and staff of a large Cancer Ward -
 residency 
Small Is Beautiful, Flower’s East, London
Twisted, Cognitive, Sublime, Escape Bar and Art, London; curated by Mary Paterson, 
​2005
Uncertainties, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham; curated by Alex Boyd Jones - solo 
Uncertainties, Queen Elizabeth Hospital's Cancer Centre, Birmingham; curated by Jessica Kent (2005) – solo  
​2004
Seascapes, Harris Interiors Contemporary Art, Poole, Dorset
London Art Fair, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
State Of Independence, Vision in Art, London
Re-Union, APT Gallery, London
Common Fields, Studio Voltaire, London
Miniatures, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
New Photographers, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
2003
Ft 3 Summer Exhibition, The Florence Trust, London; curated by Cherry Smyth 
Fresh Art, London Design Centre, London
Inaugural Show, Harris Interiors Contemporary Art, Poole, Dorset
2002
Florence Trust Studio Residency, London, year-long programme, (2002-2003) - 
residency 
Work In Progress, The Florence Trust, St Saviour's, London
Zone-Iv, Photo L.A, 11th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exhibition, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, USA
Flava, Leeds Food & Drink Festival, Artco Contemporary Art, Leeds
Inside:Out, collaborative show, with Annabel Kapp, Gallery@Wrenn, Wellingborough, UK
Uncertainties, British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Dublin; curated by Professor Catherine Loveday – solo 
2001
Coast, Artsway, Sway, Hampshire 
Sense & Sensuality, collaborative show, with Annabel Kapp Lewisham Art House and then toured with gallery.net, Madeley Court Gallery, Telford & Wrekin, Albrighton Regeneration Arts Project, Telford & Wrekin, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, South Shropshire, Belmont Arts Centre, Shrewsbury, Spout Farm Gallery, Telford
Fore Photographers, Shepherd's Market Gallery, London
Professional Innovations In Photography, Blackfriars Arts Centre, Lincs
2000
Organics, Manuela Hofer Photographic Gallery, London
1999
Intimacy, Food 99, Herefordshire Photography Festival (1999) – solo 
Intimacy, Stoke Newington Festival

Education
Chartered Research Psychologist status awarded, British Psychological Society, UK (2022)
BTEC Continuing Studies in New Art, Chelsea School of Art, London (1999)
BTEC National Certificate in Art & Design (photography), City of Westminster College, London  (1996-8)
BA [Hons] Psychology (2i), University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (1991)     


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